In some denominations, donor - designated and specialized giving now exceeds contributions to regular mission budgets. (religion-online.org)
Critical Missions unfold and progress the story of the player character, and are supplemented by numerous missions from various regions such as Regular Missions that affect the Critical Missions and requests from other characters. (xboxenthusiast.com)
You're also free to build up your warband by doing regular missions before attempting story missions, so it's possible to enter them with a crew far beyond that of the enemy. (wolfsgamingblog.com)